Current News

Announcing the Release of SimuWorks

Hydromantis announces SimuWorks™, the world’s first water and wastewater treatment plant control room simulator.

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A simple, fast and easy to use unit converter built specifically for wastewater professionals. WaterUnits offers unit conversion between various common Metric (SI) and Imperial (US) water and wastewater units and also allows users to add their own.

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Publication

Hydromantis VP of Technology, Rajeev Goel, is the co-author of a recent paper by Marius Majewsky in the Water Research journal:

M. Majewsky, T. Galle, M. Bayerle, R. Goel, K. Fischer, P. A. Vanrolleghem (2011). Xenobiotic removal efficiencies in wastewater treatment plants: Residence time distributions as a guiding principle for sampling strategies. Water Research., Vol. 45, Issue 18, pp. 6152-6162.

Please visit us - Booth #2859

Oliver Schraa,
President

Rajeev Goel,
VP of Technology

Hugh Monteith,
Senior Consultant

Hank Andres,
Senior Process Engineer

Workshop 213: WEF/WERF Hands-on Selection of the Best Combined Heat and Power System for Your Plant 
Sunday, October 16, 2011
2:30 PM
Understanding and Using WERF’s Life-cycle Cost Assessment Tool
(H. Monteith)
3:30 PM
Small Group Breakout Session: Hands-on Experience with WERF’s Life-cycle Cost Assessment Tool
(O. Schraa, H. Monteith)

Session 33: Wastewater Management in the Energy-Producing Industries
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
8:30 AM
Process Optimization of a Petroleum Refinery Wastewater Treatment Facility Using Process Modeling and Site Specific Biokinetic Constants
(H. Andres, D. Kujawski, O. Schraa, A. Wong)

Session 56: Treatment of Industrial Wastewater in POTWs
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
3:30 PM
How Effective is SRT Control for Eliminating Microconstituents?
(H. Monteith, H. Andres)

Session 79: Moving Fixed Film Design and Operating Parameters
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
9:30 AM
Examining the Phenomenon of Self Regulation of Biofilm Density under Dynamic Conditions Using a Biofilm Model
(R. Goel, A. Kaldate, S. Murthy, O. Schraa, B. Stinson)

Session 101: Anaerobic Treatment of High Strength Industrial Wastewater
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
2:30 PM
Enhanced Biogas Generation With a Novel Thermophilic Activated Anaerobic Digestion System
(J. Kang, K. Olmstead, O. Schraa, Y. Eum)

Dr. Gilles Patry, founder of Hydromantis, speaks at the International Forum on Research and Development. 

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Curso Taller Diseño, costeo, modelación de PTAR

Our Mexican representative is hosting several training workshops for CapdetWorks and GPS-X throughout September, October, and November.

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Publication

The McMaster University Engineering Alumni magazine, MacEngineer, has a feature story this month on two Hydromantis team members.  McMaster engineering alumni Spencer Snowling and Oliver Schraa discuss their past influences at McMaster, the role of simulation in the wastewater industry, and the meaning of the name “Hydromantis”.

Check out the Fall 2011 edition on the McMaster website.

Announcing the Addition of CapdetWorks to our Video Library

Please review our extensive range of flash videos offering product overviews, tutorials and technical support.  This growing library of streaming videos, organized by product line, offers step-by-step user tutorials, product features and highlights, technical support and answers to some of our most frequently asked questions.

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Energy and Water 2011: Efficiency, Generation, Management, and Climate Impacts

Hyatt Regency McCormick Place
Chicago, Illinois

Conference: July 31 - August 3, 2011
Exhibition: August 1-2, 2011

Hydromantis' president, Oliver Schraa, presented the following paper:

Resource Recovery and Municipal Wastewater Treatment: Modeling of a New Approach
O. Schraa, Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions, Inc.; P. Sutton, P.M. Sutton & Associates, Inc.; R. Goel, H. Andres, Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions, Inc.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Hyatt Conference Center Room 11
18A 8:30am

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Curso Internacional Tratamiento Anaerobio de Aguas Residuales Industriales con Reactores UASB/EGSB

Dr. Rajeev Goel, Hydromantis' VP of Technology, will be a presenter at a Mexican workshop entitled “International Training Course on Anaerobic Treatment of Industrial Wastewater with UASB/EGSB reactors” in July. 

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Announcing the Addition of Toxchem to our Video Library

Please review our extensive range of flash videos offering product overviews, tutorials and technical support.  This growing library of streaming videos, organized by product line, offers step-by-step user tutorials, product features and highlights, technical support and answers to some of our most frequently asked questions.

Visit the Videos page.

Dr. Hongde Zhou, NSERC/GE Industrial Research Chair in Advanced Wastewater Technologies and a Professor at the University of Guelph joins Hydromantis for Sabbatical.

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Publication

Hydromantis president, Oliver Schraa, is the co-author of a recent paper in the Water Science and Technology journal:

P.M. Sutton, B.E. Rittmann, O.J. Schraa, J.E. Banaszak and A.P. Togna (2011). Wastewater as a resource: a unique approach to achieving energy sustainability. Wat. Sci. & Tech., 63(9), pp. 2004-2009.

Presentation

Oliver Schraa, President of Hydromantis, will be a presenter at a WEAO Specialty Seminar entitled “Whole WWTP Modeling: Overview, Tools & Future Needs” on June 23, 2011 in Milton, Ontario Canada.

Hydromantis Releases Advanced Simulator to Predict and Report on Wastewater Contaminants and Air Emissions

Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions, Inc. (Hydromantis), a leading global provider of water and wastewater simulation software and consulting services, announced today the latest release of their trace contaminants fate modelling tool, Toxchem v4.

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Hydromantis to Provide Consulting Services to Halifax Water for Biosolids Stabilization Technology

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Water Environment Federation (WEF) Industrial Wastewater Seminar 2011

Bally’s Hotel/ Atlantic City, New Jersey
May 9-10, 2011

Mr. Hank Andres, Mr. Hugh Monteith and Dr. Spencer Snowling of Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions will be participating at the seminar:

Session 3 – Microconstituents
Monday, May 9, 2011 (1:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.)
3A) 1:15 pm - Investigating the Fate of Triclosan in Wastewater Treatment through Fate Modeling
Presented by: Mr. Hugh Monteith and Mr. Hank Andres, Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions, Inc.

Session 5 - Process Optimization
Monday, May 9, 2011 (2:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.)
5B) 3:15 p.m. - Process Optimization of Industrial Wastewater Treatment Facilities Using Dynamic Process Modeling
Presented by: Mr. Hank Andres, Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions, Inc.

Session 6 – Pharmaceutical Industries’ Wastewater Treatment
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 (8:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.)
6C) 9:45 am - The Fate and Transformations of Microconstituents in Wastewater: What Can Modeling Tell Us?
Presented by: Mr. Hugh Monteith, Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions, Inc.

Session 10 - Innovations
Tuesday, May 10, 2011 (2:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.)
10A) 1:15pm - Automated Model Calibration and Forecasting for Unit Process Maintenance
Presented by: Dr. Spencer Snowling, Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions, Inc.

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IFAT CHINA + EPTEE + CWS Exhibition

Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC)
May 5-7, 2011

Mr. Zhiping Qiu, Director of China Operations for Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions Inc. (HESSI) is participating at the IFAT CHINA + EPTEE + CWS Exhibition from May 5-7, 2011 in Shanghai.   

Our booth is located at Booth 5520, Ontario Pavilion, Section E5 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. Please drop by to say hello.

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Publication

Dr. Rajeev Goel, Hydromantis' VP of Technology, is the co-author of a recent paper in the Water Science and Technology journal:

K. Komatsu, H. Yasui, R. Goel, Y. Y. Li and T. Noike (2011) Novel anaerobic digestion process with sludge ozonation for economically feasible power production from biogas, Water Science & Technology,  Vol 63 No 7 pp 1467–1475.

At the Annual Conference of the Water Environment Association of Ontario, Hydromantis' Hugh Monteith is presenting a paper titled “Update of WEAO Survey of Fate and Significance of Emerging Substances and Pathogens in Biosolids”.

The paper highlights the results and identified knowledge gaps of two recent literature reviews. The detailed reviews documented the occurrence and fate of pathogenic organisms and emerging substances of concern, such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products, in biosolids and in the terrestrial environment following soil amendment of biosolids.

Hydromantis president, Oliver Schraa, is the co-author of a recent paper in the Water Science and Technology journal:

P. M. Sutton, H. Melcer, O. J. Schraa and A. P. Togna (2011). Treating municipal wastewater with the goal of resource recovery. Wat. Sci. & Tech., 63(1), pp. 25-31.

Hydromantis president Oliver Schraa contributed to the Water Environment Federation's recently released "Nutrient Removal : WEF Manual of Practice 34". Oliver authored sections on control, optimization, sensitivity and online applications in Chapter 11 "Structured Process Models for Nutrient Removal".